1.synchronicity Apr 2026

: Unlike cause-and-effect relationships (e.g., flipping a switch to turn on a light), synchronistic events are not triggered by one another; they simply occur in a parallel, meaningful way. Famous Examples

: In 1950, all 15 members of a church choir in Nebraska were separately delayed for various "random" reasons (a car not starting, a dress needing re-ironing). Their collective lateness meant no one was in the building at 7:30 p.m. when it was destroyed by a furnace explosion. Scientific & Philosophical Perspectives 1.Synchronicity

The term was coined in the 1920s by Swiss psychiatrist , who defined it as an acausal connecting principle . : Unlike cause-and-effect relationships (e